A lovely episode broadcast from the narrowboat Erica by @noswpod.bsky.social the routine, history and private meditation of winding the church clock at St Mary’s Tysoe. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

Very much looking forward to this event on June 18th. The venue is AMAZING, the musicians will no doubt be great, and I'll try not to be totally appalling. Tickets available here: bridportandwestbay.co.uk/product/cloc...

At The Rex for Rose of Nevada.

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Pick a Bond from photos you already have in your phone

“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all!” Could have told me that a bit earlier, Henry David Thoreau. Might have saved me reading ‘Walden’.

Keep thinking about this performer. Natalie Wildgoose opened for L.Y.R at Nottingham a lovely surprise. youtu.be/bCmvVSKBWCc?...

We’re appointing a writer-in-residence! Join us to respond to our holdings related to the Bloomsbury Group (including the archives of Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press) ahead of a major exhibition in 2027. Applications close 19 May. Best of luck! collections.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...

Does anyone have suggestions for agents representing craft books?

Delighted to see this lovely portrait by Hilda Carline on display at Brighton Gallery. It’s a slightly odd angle as if Hilda is looking down at the sitter Elsie (stander!) I like that the coal scuttle is included too for some reason.

I am Viv Schwarz, author, illustrator and interactive designer. Here's my illustration portfolio. My latest book is MAUD IS MOVING, a chapter book about an autistic girl discovering her new home and community! www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/illustration...

Morning from the birds of East Sussex

Holiday romance ❤️‍🔥 graveyard cat in Fylde Sussex. They were very affectionate for about 10 minutes then without warning scratched me. Went away and then came back all affectionate again 😂

Sussex and the nightingale outside my tent is just winding up for the night shift. He’s already done an afternoon shift.

Lovely gig from @katherinepriddy.bsky.social tonight in Milton Keynes. Dedicate this excellent song to the memory of Ruth Osborne “women not witches” youtu.be/3hw604WrlzI?...

Gift from someone I still consider to be my second mother even though I haven’t been married to her son for 8 years now 😊

The only frame of snooker I’ve ever seen in which the red balls are huddled together for warmth like ladybirds in a hibernaculum

Cow parsley through the woods featured on today’s walk. The Claydons in Buckinghamshire.

Three years since she passed. Still miss and celebrate this oddball called Biggy.

The next Bandcamp Friday of 2026 is this Friday, May 1st. From midnight to midnight PDT, we'll waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists and labels.

Ivinghoe this evening. The professionals encouraged the audience join in - didn’t get too tangled up.

To celebrate Penny Black Day next week we’ve got together with the wonderful Pigeon Posted for a fab giveaway! To be entered in the draw for a pack of Pigeons, a PBD stamper and some Queen Victoria stamps just add “#PennyBlackDay 🎩✉️” in the comments. Winner picked on 1st May! 🎉

A favourite musician getting a mention in the papers - nice one #JimGhedi well worth hearing live if you get a chance. ‘The folk scene is very middle class. The divide is huge’: Jim Ghedi, the Sheffield singer bringing his doomy music to the movies www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

“Who Owns England?” A Very thought provoking broadcast discussion from @themerl.bsky.social and @guyshrubsole.bsky.social (sorry forgot the link earlier 😳) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

It’s been a good week, got to see the band / poetry / music of #L.Y.R with a friend in Nottingham on Tuesday. Lovely venue, great music. They still have some tour left including Falmouth and London. youtu.be/wGv0TO8omH0?...

On my to watch at the cinema list …

Paul Simon singing an acoustic version of his, 'René and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War' More a tribute to the doowop music that Simon loves than to the Magrittes, who never did emigrate to America, the song remains beautiful, elegiac.

Some very chic scarecrows - but heed the warnings.

I’d never seen a foxglove tree before but there were three looking glorious in Victoria Embankment gardens in London yesterday. The flowers smell a bit like wisteria.

Always a good listen.

Many, many swifts at Blenheim Palace Oxfordshire yesterday. First I’ve seen this year ❤️

A powerful plea for compassion, written over 400 years ago. This manuscript in our collection is believed to contain the only surviving literary text in William Shakespeare’s handwriting. Its message still resonates today. Discover more here: link.bl.uk/tkr

CinderWell & Jim Ghedi youtu.be/vm9oEpxi3Qg?...

Good night folks, Handel style. The beauty and endurance of music. youtu.be/FzrskrNXLds?...

In the middle of a lovely two day reduction Lino print course in Milton Keynes. Great teacher and she wants us to be brave. Everyone had a concertina book that they had to fill.

Just remembered that I’m supposed to be going to a gig tonight - jazz in Luton @thebearclubluton.bsky.social so I won’t be laying here watching gardeners world with Little Cat.

Spotty sheep and lambs, llamas (?) and a goose attack on today’s walk. (The goose isn’t being kicked by the way). Lead goose was a Canada and it really was pretty aggressive.

Woke up too early this morning worrying about things beyond my control and remembered that if you turn on the White stork live cam from Sussex it’s possible to hear a wonderful dawn chorus as it begins and builds (as well as beak clattering) www.youtube.com/live/s0liN8A...

Call me an old softie but when a bird’s in front of you and you know it’s just flown in from Africa but still has the energy to sing its heart out, it’s tempting to offer it a chair and a cup of tea so it can rest up a bit.

Good night donkeys. I’m that keen when it’s bedtime too 😂 🫏

Gotcha day for this beauty who is now estimated at around 16 (I’ve been hers for 12). Also her buddy Biggy (in the bag) no longer with us but never forgotten.

Running a free print workshop in Margate on Saturday to coincide with the Resort Studios group exhibition Here and Now at the Pie Factory. COME!

Damn I want one of these 🥰 built for my Great Niece and Nephew by my brother.

Good night folks. Going to drift off dreaming of Little Petherick (in Cornwall) youtu.be/zMql5oo_E4U?...

Vortex club, Dalston on Thursday 2 April a celebration of the music of Hermeto Pascoal. Sadly I can’t make it. www.instagram.com/p/DWjpz8wDDd...

Hello @theguardian.com they were “pedestrians were hit by a man driving a car”, the car was not driving about by itself. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Testing the warmth of the soil. I think that it’s just right 👍

Fill your ears with spring. ☀️ Episode 60 - Soundscenes of spring from the Derbyshire hills (46 mins) The sound of the countryside on a bright April day. Best with headphones > radiolento.podbean.com/e/soundscene...

The third episode of the Six Things podcast is out, featuring London explorer and Londonist writer Matt Brown. Matt’s six excellent things: – tube station smells – parakeets – Wetherspoons carpets – wazzbaffles – Diamond Geezer – International Space Station pod.link/1873642106/e...

I really don’t understand why the Gardener’s question time panel are so rude and dismissive of Amelanchier. Blossom in spring, berries for the birds and amazing leaf colour in the autumn.